2017 Columbus Crew SC season

Columbus Crew SC
2017 season
Owner	Precourt Sports Ventures LLC
Head Coach	Gregg Berhalter
Major League Soccer	Conference: 3rd (current); Overall: 8th (current); P1 W0 D1 L0 F1 A1
Carolina Challenge Cup	Champions
Top goalscorer	Ethan Finlay (1)
Highest home attendance	15,023; (March 4 vs. Chicago)
Lowest home attendance	15,023; (March 4 vs. Chicago)
Average home league attendance	15,023
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The 2017 Columbus Crew SC season will be the club's twenty-second season of existence, and their twenty-second consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer.

Background

Review

Roster

Major League Soccer teams are limited to eight players without U.S. citizenship, a permanent resident (green card holder), or other special status (e.g., refugee or asylum status). These international roster slots can be traded.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of Feb 20, 2017.^[1]


No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
2	DF	Jukka Raitala	Finland
3	DF	Josh Williams	United States
4	DF	Jonathan Mensah (DP)	Ghana
5	MF	Dilly Duka	United States
6	MF	Tony Tchani	United States
7	MF	Artur (on loan from São Paulo)	Brazil
8	MF	Mohammed Abu	Ghana
9	MF	Justin Meram	Iraq
10	MF	Federico Higuaín (DP)	Argentina
11	FW	Ola Kamara	Norway
12	FW	Adam Jahn	United States
13	MF	Ethan Finlay	United States
14	DF	Waylon Francis	Costa Rica
16	MF	Héctor Jiménez	United States
17	DF	Lalas Abubakar	Ghana
18	MF	Cristian Martínez	Panama
19	MF	Rodrigo Saravia	Guatemala
20	MF	Wil Trapp (HGP)	United States
21	DF	Alex Crognale (HGP)	United States
22	DF	Gastón Sauro	Argentina
23	GK	Zack Steffen	United States
24	DF	Nicolai Næss	Norway
25	DF	Harrison Afful	Ghana
26	MF	Ben Swanson (HGP)	United States
27	MF	Abuchi Obinwa	United States
28	MF	Niko Hansen	United States
29	MF	Marshall Hollingsworth	United States
30	GK	Logan Ketterer	United States
31	DF	Connor Maloney	United States
41	GK	Brad Stuver	United States

Competitions

Preseason

January 29, 2017 Friendly	São Paulo	7–0	Columbus Crew SC	São Paulo, Brazil
		Report		Stadium: Centro de Treinamento Frederico Antônio Germano Menzen

February 3, 2017 Friendly	Grêmio Osasco	3–0	Columbus Crew SC	São Paulo, Brazil
		Report

February 6, 2017 Friendly	Ituano	2–1	Columbus Crew SC	São Paulo, Brazil
		Report

2017 Carolina Challenge Cup

February 18, 2017 Carolina Challenge Cup	Atlanta United	1–2	Columbus Crew SC	Charleston, South Carolina
4:30 PM EST	Martínez 6'	Report	Higuaín 57', 62' Trapp 69' Abubakar 71' Crognale 90'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium

February 22, 2017 Carolina Challenge Cup	Charleston Battery	1–1	Columbus Crew SC	Charleston, South Carolina
5:00 PM EST	Marini 12' Chang 22' Williams 24' Lasso 25' Mueller 61'	Report	Mensah 8' Afful 23' Naess 63' (o.g.) Abu 79' Abubakar 83'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium

February 25, 2017 Carolina Challenge Cup	Seattle Sounders	0–1	Columbus Crew SC	Charleston, South Carolina
4:30 PM EST	Alonso 46' Roldan 89'	Report	Trapp 15' Hansen 82'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium

Friendlies

July 17, 2017	Columbus Crew SC	v	Eintracht Frankfurt	Columbus, Ohio
7:30 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium

U.S. Open Cup

MLS

Standings

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	Chicago Fire	34	16	11	7	62	48	+14	55	MLS Cup Knockout Round
4	Atlanta United FC	34	15	9	10	70	40	+30	55
5	Columbus Crew	34	16	12	6	53	49	+4	54
6	New York Red Bulls	34	14	12	8	53	47	+6	50
7	New England Revolution	34	13	15	6	53	61	−8	45

Source: MLS

Overall table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toronto FC (C, S)	34	20	5	9	74	37	+37	69	CONCACAF Champions League
2	New York City FC	34	16	9	9	56	43	+13	57
3	Chicago Fire	34	16	11	7	61	47	+14	55
4	Atlanta United FC	34	15	9	10	70	40	+30	55
5	Columbus Crew	34	16	12	6	53	49	+4	54
6	Portland Timbers	34	15	11	8	60	50	+10	53
7	Seattle Sounders FC	34	14	9	11	52	39	+13	53
8	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	15	12	7	50	49	+1	52
9	New York Red Bulls	34	14	12	8	53	47	+6	50
10	Houston Dynamo	34	13	10	11	57	45	+12	50
11	Sporting Kansas City	34	12	9	13	40	29	+11	49	CONCACAF Champions League
12	San Jose Earthquakes	34	13	14	7	39	60	−21	46
13	FC Dallas	34	11	10	13	48	48	0	46
14	Real Salt Lake	34	13	15	6	49	55	−6	45
15	New England Revolution	34	13	15	6	53	61	−8	45
16	Philadelphia Union	34	11	14	9	50	47	+3	42
17	Montreal Impact	34	11	17	6	52	58	−6	39
18	Orlando City SC	34	10	15	9	39	58	−19	39
19	Minnesota United FC	34	10	18	6	47	70	−23	36
20	Colorado Rapids	34	9	19	6	31	51	−20	33
21	D.C. United	34	9	20	5	31	60	−29	32
22	LA Galaxy	34	8	18	8	45	67	−22	32

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) MLS Cup Champion; (S) Supporters' Shield

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 4 Mar 2017
Source: Standings
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Results by round

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Match results

March 4 1	Columbus Crew SC	1–1	Chicago Fire	Columbus, OH
2:00 PM EST	17' Finlay 41' Higuain	Report	71' Accam 81' Goossens	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 15,023 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

March 11 2	Houston Dynamo	v	Columbus Crew SC	Houston, TX
8:30 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium

March 18 3	D.C. United	v	Columbus Crew SC	Washington D.C.
7:00 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: RFK Stadium

March 25 4	Columbus Crew SC	v	Portland Timbers	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: Mapfre Stadium

April 1 5	Columbus Crew SC	v	Orlando City SC	Columbus, OH
4:00 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: Mapfre Stadium

April 8 6	Chicago Fire	v	Columbus Crew SC	Bridgeview, IL
2:00 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: Toyota Park

April 15 7	Columbus Crew SC	v	Toronto FC	Columbus, OH
8:00 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: Mapfre Stadium

April 22 8	New York Red Bulls	v	Columbus Crew SC	Harrison, NJ
7:30 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: Red Bull Arena

April 29 9	Columbus Crew SC	v	New York City FC	Columbus, OH
7:30PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: Mapfre Stadium

May 6 10	Columbus Crew SC	v	New England Revolution	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: Mapfre Stadium

May 10 11	Columbus Crew SC	v	Toronto FC	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: Mapfre Stadium

May 13 12	Montreal Impact	v	Columbus Crew SC	Montreal, QC
5:00 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: Saputo Stadium

May 21 13	New England Revolution	v	Columbus Crew SC	Foxborough, MA
2:30 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: Gillette Stadium

May 26 14	Toronto FC	v	Columbus Crew SC	Toronto, ON
7:00 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: BMO Field

May 31 15	Columbus Crew SC	v	Seattle Sounders FC	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: Mapfre Stadium

June 3 16	Colorado Rapids	v	Columbus Crew SC	Denver, CO
9:00 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park

June 17 17	Atlanta United FC	v	Columbus Crew SC	Atlanta, GA
7:00 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: Bobby Dodd Stadium

June 24 18	Columbus Crew SC	v	Montreal Impact	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: Mapfre Stadium

July 1 19	Columbus Crew SC	v	Atlanta United FC	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: Mapfre Stadium

July 4 20	Minnesota United FC	v	Columbus Crew SC	Minneapolis, MN
7:00 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium

July 22 21	Columbus Crew SC	v	Philadelphia Union	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: Mapfre Stadium

July 26 22	Philadelphia Union	v	Columbus Crew SC	Chester, Pennsylvania
7:30 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium

July 29 23	Real Salt Lake	v	Columbus Crew SC	Sandy, UT
10:00 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium

August 5 24	San Jose Earthquakes	v	Columbus Crew SC	San Jose, CA
10:30 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: Avaya Stadium

August 12 25	Columbus Crew SC	v	Chicago Fire	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: Mapfre Stadium

August 19 26	Orlando City SC	v	Columbus Crew SC	Orlando, FL
7:30 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: Orlando City Stadium

August 23 27	Columbus Crew SC	v	LA Galaxy	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: Mapfre Stadium

August 26 28	Columbus Crew SC	v	FC Dallas	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: Mapfre Stadium

September 10 29	Columbus Crew SC	v	Sporting Kansas City	Columbus, OH
1:00 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: Mapfre Stadium

September 16 30	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	v	Columbus Crew SC	Vancouver, BC
7:00 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: BC Place

September 23 31	Columbus Crew SC	v	New York Red Bulls	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: Mapfre Stadium

September 30 32	Columbus Crew SC	v	D.C. United	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: Mapfre Stadium

October 15 33	Orlando City SC	v	Columbus Crew SC	Orlando, FL
3:00 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: Orlando City Stadium

October 22 34	New York City FC	v	Columbus Crew SC	New York City, NY
4:00 PM EST		[Report]		Stadium: Yankee Stadium

Statistics

Goals and assists

Transferred/Waived player

No.	Pos.	Name	MLS		US Open Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists
9	MF	Justin Meram	0	1	0	0	0	1
13	MF	Ethan Finlay	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total			1	1	0	0	1	1

Disciplinary record

Transfers

In

Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
DF	Alex Crognale	Maryland Terrapins	Signed as a Homegrown Player.	Dec 20, 2016	^[2]
DF	Jukka Raitala	Sogndal	Free Transfer.	Dec 23, 2016	^[3]
DF	Jonathan Mensah	Anzhi Makhachkala	Signed as a Designated Player.	Jan 3, 2017	^[4]
DF	Josh Williams	Toronto FC	Selected in Stage Two of the 2016 MLS Re-Entry Draft.	Jan 5, 2017	^[5]
DF	Lalas Abubakar	Dayton Flyers	Selected in the First Round of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft.	Jan 13, 2017	^[6]
FW	Niko Hansen	New Mexico Lobos	Selected in the First Round of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft.	Jan 13, 2017	^[7]
MF	Mohammed Abu	Strømsgodset	Signed as a Special Discovery Player.	Jan 24, 2017	^[8]
MF	Abuchi Obinwa	Hannover 96 U-19s	Free transfer.	Jan 25, 2017	^[9]
MF	Cristian Martínez	Chorrillo F.C.	Completed permanent transfer.	Jan 25, 2017	^[10]
MF	Artur	Sao Paulo FC	Loan for the duration of the 2017 Major League Soccer season	Feb 13, 2017	^[11]
DF	Connor Maloney	Penn State Nittany Lions	Selected in the Third Round of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft. Signed Feb 20, 2017.	Feb 20, 2017	^[12] ^[13]
GK	Logan Ketterer	Bradley Braves	Selected in the Fourth Round of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft. Signed Feb 20, 2017.	Feb 20, 2017	^[14] ^[15]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
DF	Tyson Wahl		Retired.	Oct 23, 2016	^[16]
FW	Conor Casey		Retired.	Oct 27, 2016	^[17]
GK	Steve Clark	AC Horsens	Option Declined. Signed by AC Horsens Jan 17, 2017.	Nov 23, 2016	^[18] ^[19]
GK	Matt Pacifici		Option Declined.	Nov 23, 2016	^[18]
DF	Corey Ashe		Option Declined.	Nov 23, 2016	^[18]
DF	Chad Barson		Out of Contract.	Nov 23, 2016	^[18]
MF	Cedrick Mabwati	UCAM Murcia CF	Option Declined. Signed by Murcia on Dec 27, 2016.	Nov 23, 2016	^[18] ^[20]
DF	Michael Parkhurst	Atlanta United FC	Columbus Crew SC acquires General Allocation Money from Atlanta United FC.	Dec 11, 2016	^[21]
MF	Mohammed Saeid	Minnesota United FC	Selected by Minnesota United FC in the 2016 MLS Expansion Draft.	Dec 13, 2016	^[22]

Recognition

MLS Player of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent(s)	Link

MLS Goal of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent(s)	Link

MLS Save of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent	Link

Kits

Home

Away

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / Info
Home	Yellow	Yellow	Yellow	Week 1 vs. Chicago Fire
Away	Black	Black	Black

References

^ "Players | Columbus Crew". columbuscrewsc.com. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
^ "Crew sign Crognale for 2017".
^ "Crew SC adds experienced European defender Jukka Raitala".
^ "Crew SC acquires Designated Player Jonathan Mensah".
^ "Crew SC signs defender Josh Williams".
^ "Crew SC drafts Abubakar, Hansen with Nos. 5 & 9 picks overall". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
^ "Crew SC drafts Abubakar, Hansen with Nos. 5 & 9 picks overall". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
^ "Crew SC adds defensive midfielder Abu from Norway's topflight". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ "NEWS: Crew SC signs U.S. Youth international Obinwa, completes permanent transfer for Martinez=25 January 2017". ColumbusCrewSC.com.
^ "NEWS: Crew SC signs U.S. Youth international Obinwa, completes permanent transfer for Martinez=25 January 2017". ColumbusCrewSC.com.
^ "Crew SC acquires Brazilian midfielder Artur on loan". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
^ "Crew SC selects Maloney & Ketterer 2017 MLS SuperDraft on Tuesday". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
^ "Crew SC signs 2017 SuperDraft pick Maloney". Retrieved 21 February 2017.
^ "Crew SC selects GK Logan Ketterer in Fourth Round of 2017 MLS SuperDraft". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
^ "Crew SC signs 2017 SuperDraft pick Ketterer". Retrieved 21 February 2017.
^ "Tyson Wahl retires after 2016 season".
^ "Conor Casey retires after 10 year career".
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Crew exercises 5 options".
^ "AC Horsens reinforce squad with Steve Clark".
^ "Mabwati signs with UCAM Murcia".
^ "Crew SC receives GAM from Atlanta in trade for Parkhurst".
^ "Saeid selected by Minnesota United".

[roster-1] "Players | Columbus Crew". columbuscrewsc.com. Retrieved January 30, 2017.

[2] "Crew sign Crognale for 2017".

[3] "Crew SC adds experienced European defender Jukka Raitala".

[4] "Crew SC acquires Designated Player Jonathan Mensah".

[5] "Crew SC signs defender Josh Williams".

[6] "Crew SC drafts Abubakar, Hansen with Nos. 5 & 9 picks overall". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Retrieved 18 January 2017.

[7] "Crew SC drafts Abubakar, Hansen with Nos. 5 & 9 picks overall". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Retrieved 18 January 2017.

[8] "Crew SC adds defensive midfielder Abu from Norway's topflight". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[9] "NEWS: Crew SC signs U.S. Youth international Obinwa, completes permanent transfer for Martinez=25 January 2017". ColumbusCrewSC.com.

[10] "NEWS: Crew SC signs U.S. Youth international Obinwa, completes permanent transfer for Martinez=25 January 2017". ColumbusCrewSC.com.

[11] "Crew SC acquires Brazilian midfielder Artur on loan". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Retrieved 13 February 2017.

[12] "Crew SC selects Maloney & Ketterer 2017 MLS SuperDraft on Tuesday". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Retrieved 18 January 2017.

[13] "Crew SC signs 2017 SuperDraft pick Maloney". Retrieved 21 February 2017.

[14] "Crew SC selects GK Logan Ketterer in Fourth Round of 2017 MLS SuperDraft". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Retrieved 18 January 2017.

[15] "Crew SC signs 2017 SuperDraft pick Ketterer". Retrieved 21 February 2017.

[16] "Tyson Wahl retires after 2016 season".

[17] "Conor Casey retires after 10 year career".

[Option_Declined-18] "Crew exercises 5 options".

[19] "AC Horsens reinforce squad with Steve Clark".

[20] "Mabwati signs with UCAM Murcia".

[21] "Crew SC receives GAM from Atlanta in trade for Parkhurst".

[22] "Saeid selected by Minnesota United".

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